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2011's Doomsday Cinema, Part I: Melancholia @ 49th NYFF plus Gainsbourg on Von Trier & Lars' NYFF 47 Press Conference (VIDEO)

Michael Vazquez | Posted 03.14.2012

Michael Vazquez

In anticipation of 12/21/12, this past year saw a return of the doomsday film. Melancholia was an okay end-of-the-world movie, but for this fan, it was not a very good Lars Von Trier film. Perhaps a third viewing is in order.

Fashion Police or Racial Profiling?

Malcolm Harris | Posted 03.13.2012

Malcolm Harris

So there I was -- "strut interrupted" and being pulled over by the NYPD's Fashion Police. Luckily I've seen enough marathons of COPS to know exactly what was going on here.

How the Movies Saved My Life

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 01.17.2012

Tom Engelhardt

I now write about our American wars without ever having visited a war zone. There, in the '50s and early '60s, I advanced with the marines and the Russians, bombed Tokyo but also experienced (however briefly) Hiroshima after it was atomized.

Musician Les Claypool Loves Westerns

Adult Swim | David Moye | Posted 01.02.2012

Les Claypool and his band Primus might be hard to peg down, by design, but the bassist-singer man behind oddball hits like "Pork Soda" and South Park'...

Why Lucy Still Makes Us Laugh

Posted 10.05.2011

In the nine years she reigned as America's most beloved housewife-mother-troublemaker-nutcase, actress-comedian Lucille Ball easily proved that ev...

Bachmann's True Grit

Sunil Adam | Posted 09.04.2011

Sunil Adam

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PHOTOS: Who Is The Greatest American Film Actor Ever?

Posted 09.02.2011

The number of American-born all-time greats in the field of writing, painting, and composing is legion, but given the nation's relative inception (con...

Note to GOP Candidates: Stick to ABBA Songs

Michael Sigman | Posted 08.30.2011

Michael Sigman

The good news for GOP hopefuls is that they need look no further than the ABBA canon when selecting their own theme music.

Michele Bachmann Defends Her Speech at Waterloo (VIDEO)

Erin Gibson | Posted 08.29.2011

Erin Gibson

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Michele Bachmann: I Made A Mistake

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.28.2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is acknowledging "misspeaking" occasionally, including wrongly claiming that act...

Jason Linkins

Late Returns: The John Waynes Of Waterloo

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.27.2011

As far as errors involving the life of serial killer John Wayne Gacy go, I've encountered some that were much more amusing than the one that is said to have been made by 2012 presidential aspirant Michele Bachmann in Waterloo, Iowa.

Michele Bachmann Mistakenly Says She Has The 'Spirit' Of A Serial Killer

Posted 08.27.2011

In Waterloo, Iowa on the eve of her official presidential campaign announcement, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) told Fox News that she has "the spiri...

Cinematic Superman: The Astonishing Legacy of Clint Eastwood

John Farr | Posted 08.14.2011

John Farr

This was the not the first title I had in mind for this piece. But when I dug into Clint Eastwood's life and career, it seemed particularly apt -- and not even close to an overstatement.

John Wayne Was True Grit

John W. Whitehead | Posted 08.06.2011

John W. Whitehead

Marion Michael Morrison set the standard for the tall (6'4"), strong, silent type. The lowly paid actor rose to stardom when he was cast as the Ringo Kid in John Ford's classic western. From there, he never looked back.

Elizabeth Taylor -- Not Quite the Last One

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.31.2011

Tom Alderman

"The last of Hollywood's golden era" is the way so many broadcast and cable obituaries described the legendary Elizabeth Taylor. But alas, there are at least five stars from that era who are probably saying to themselves," What am I, chopped liver?"

Christian Bale: So Many Good Parts, but Is There a Part Missing?

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

John Farr

Christian Bale strikes me as a complete enigma. Yes, his acting chops are prodigious, but he seems to me to be all technique and no heart; we get buckets of perfectly formed ice, but very little fire.

"Battle: LA" Has Its John Wayne Moments

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Jackie K. Cooper

"Battle: LA" has the same basic plot as "Skyline," a movie that played unsuccessfully on screens a few months ago. Once again it is a story about alie...

Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune -- New Documentary Opens in Los Angeles

Michael Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Rose

Kennedy's assassination, the ongoing turmoil of resistance to integration and the escalation of the Vietnam War gave the singers a new identity. At the center of the storm was Phil Ochs.

Ed Koch Predicts the Oscar Winners

Ed Koch | Posted 05.25.2011

Ed Koch

If justice is served in Hollywood tonight, the people and films I predict in this video are the ones who will take home Oscars.

True Grit vs. Gruesome Grit

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 05.25.2011

Joan Z. Shore

In the case of the new True Grit -- the highly touted opus of the Coen brothers -- the gap between the original film and the remake couldn't be more treasonable... and more disturbing.

Three Underappreciated Silent Film Classics

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

George Heymont

The Bay Area has a large and loyal base of silent film fans, many of whom will descend on the Castro Theatre this weekend for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival's annual winter event.

'True Grit'? True Grace.

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011

Cathleen Falsani

While many will argue that God's grace is notably absent elsewhere in the "Coeniverse," it is powerfully present in True Grit

True Grit Is Truly Grittier Than the Original

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Jackie K. Cooper

As good as the new True Grit is, it still suffers in comparison to the original. Those who have seen the 1969 John Wayne version remember it as an epic western full of grandeur and glory.

Truer Grit

Michael Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Jones

The Coen brothers have made a great American movie in that greatest of American movie genres: the Western.

Jeff Bridges Double Feature: True Grit and Tron: Legacy

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 05.25.2011

Gregory Weinkauf

2010-12-28-20101218TRUEGRITJeffKid.jpgBoth of these films offer the opportunity to catch Bridges at the peak of his craft, and, genres be damned, there's true grit in Tron: Legacy, too.